The Party for Socialism and Liberation is intervening in the 2012 presidential elections to bring a revolutionary, socialist message into the electoral arena. Peta Lindsay is the candidate for president and Yari Osorio is the candidate for vice president.

The Lindsay/Osorio 2012 Presidential Campaign believes real change cannot be won through the ballot — it must be won through struggle. The campaign slogan "Seize the Banks" is a call to jail Wall Street criminals and put the vast wealth of the banks into the hands of the people to be used in the interest of the vast majority of society.